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May 8, 2014
…and at the end,
the saviour waiting
at the pearly gate.
All creed and colour
passing muster.
All love replacing hate.
April 1, 2014
To moisten a look
that has become too severe.
To reach out and give comfort
to a love most dear.
To wash away grit
from a dust filled eye.
To recall a loss with
much more than a sigh.
To release the pain
of a sad goodbye.
To sympathise
and trust imply.
To show humanity
whilst asking for pardon.
To share grief together
in a remembrance garden.
March 15, 2014
The rust has set in
around ancient nails,
exposed to the elements,
holding fast, twisted rails.
and rotting gates, at the
entrance to sacred land,
where fading words
on tombstones stand.
A once beloved wife
lies unattended
on top of her man;
both long since ascended.
The headstone crooked;
their plot now overgrown.
No ancestor’s names visible
or sign of existence shown.
And dogs, no sense
of reverence share,
just run amok
and are unaware,
that on the land
where they prance and frolic,
are many generations
where respect is symbolic.
Some kin will not visit;
they shudder and swear,
preferring to remember
loved ones as they were.
And so different are those
who cannot stay away.
They come with weeping hearts
each and every day.
On a new plot lies
a multitude of flowers,
with messages of condolence
in the deceased’s final hours.
Yet, when grieving mourners
from the graveside leave,
a scoundrel in the shadows
is waiting to deceive.
He gathers up the best blooms
to take to his mother,
as a peace offering
for some guilt trip or another.
So still, now the graveyard
under a darkened cloud.
The final resting place
for it’s towns folk, proud.
January 2, 2014
…and in that instant,
still feeling bereft,
I knew from my side,
you had never left.
September 6, 2013
When the salt in our wound
has washed away,
and the healing process,
stopped the decay.
We should feel blessed,
to be given the chance.
It’s only natures way –
the boil, to lance.
When the plaster of paris
has done it’s job,
and held firm the break
that made us sob.
And yet even years later,
when with oil, we anoint.
It’s always going to be
our weakest point.
When lovesick fever
confines us to bed,
and no amount of medication
heals our head.
We lay awake til dawn
and toss and turn,
recalling lost decades
for love we still yearn.
When the point of incision
cuts through the heart,
and arteries sever,
as we fall apart.
We build a defence –
a show for the world.
Though inside our cocoon
remaining, tightly curled.
When at the end of our days
and our heart beats no more,
and ‘Do not resuscitate’
says the sign upon the door.
And all the hell raising,
is now a thing of the past.
Yet, through agony and ecstasy
we lived life with a blast.
When deep in the ground
with our demons we’re buried,
and a life that was fast
is no longer hurried.
And although we may hammer
on the coffin lid,
only distant voices can be heard,
saying, ‘Farewell, see ya kid’.
April 19, 2013
One cannot fail to be acutely affected,
sad news cuts through the heart like a spear.
One cannot fail to be knocked over sideways,
whilst wiping away a released held back tear.
One cannot fail to be instantly reminded,
that on earth, time is surely running out.
One cannot fail to feel ones mortality,
and wonder what life’s truly about.
One cannot fail to turn back the pages,
though, what’s there is still written in stone.
One cannot fail to be troubled by heartache, but
what’s done is done, now your life is your own.
February 12, 2013
How many times can a heart be broken?
How much sorrow can one person feel?
How many loved ones have left us lonely,
nursing wounds that won’t ever heal.
How many years have gone by in limbo?
How many times for those days can we crave,
until the day dawns when we suddenly realise,
not quite so often, do we visit their grave?
January 11, 2013
I was with him only yesterday,
we strolled down the lane together.
He held my hand, as he always did,
we wanted the day to last forever.
We carried on down passing Cuthbert’s Mill,
then crossed the bridge to the other side.
We fed to the swans, some bread we’d brought,
as towards us they started to glide.
Such a joyous time of simplicity,
chatting with dog walkers nearby.
Not a care in the world, or so it seemed,
though today there’s a tear in my eye.
For now I walk the route with a sigh,
and no hand to hold but my own.
My love has gone on ahead you see,
leaving me here to walk all alone.
December 24, 2012
His sadness oozed out of every pore.
His loss, too great to recall.
Without his true love by his side,
a second wind he failed to install.
December 21, 2012
The weightlessness of heaven,
as souls from bodies rise,
to take their place in alloted spots,
without effort or compromise.